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coupon rate

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noun

  1. the interest rate fixed on a coupon bond or other debt instrument.


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A company filing showed on Wednesday that its bonds will be due between 2025 and 2052 and have a coupon rate of between 3.9% and 4.5%.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2022

Their yields, which move in the opposite direction, have risen above their coupon rate.

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2018

“With a low coupon rate relative to dollar offshore bonds, Road King’s yuan bonds will lower the company’s funding costs and improve its debt maturity profile,” said Peter Choy, a senior vice president at Moody’s.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 21, 2011

Forthwith Chairman Jones offered to underwrite the entire issue, provided the coupon rate was cut to 4%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week a recent issue of long-term Government bonds paying a coupon rate of 3�% was actually yielding more than 3?%.

From Time Magazine Archive